Fracking in the UK Gets Final Green Light: High court judge rules against injunction sought by protesters over Cuadrilla's plans. Company is free to run first frack of horizontal well in Lancashire shale rock in coming days.

Russian @FontankaNews uses flight records to show that likely third suspect in Skripal case is a 45-year-old Sergey Fedotov (probably a cover name) who traveled with Chepiga and Mishkin in 2014 and has passport series tied to GRU.

The aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman arrived in Portsmouth today. The first of the 5,000 crew began stepping ashore at lunchtime, with business leaders saying its a welcome boost to the local economy.